The beneficial attributes of visual art-making in cancer care: An integrative review

Abstract

We seek to understand what is known about the use of visual art-making for people who have a cancer diagnosis, and to explore how art-making may help address fatigue in the cancer care context. Art-making involves creating art or craft alone or in a group and does not require an art-therapist as the emphasis is on creativity rather than an overt therapeutic intention. An integrative review was undertaken of qualitative, quantitative and mixed-method studies on art-making for people who have cancer, at any stage of treatment or recovery. An adapted version of Kaplan's Attention Restoration Theory (ART) was used to interpret the themes found in the literature.Fifteen studies were reviewed. Nine concerned art-making programmes and six were focused on individual, non-facilitated art-making. Review results suggested that programme-based art-making may provide participants with opportunities for learning about self, support, enjoyment and distraction. Individual art-making can provides learning about self, diversion and pleasure, self-management of pain, a sense of control, and enhanced social relationships. When viewed through the lens of ART, artmaking can be understood as an energy-restoring activity that has the potential to enhance the lives of people with a diagnosis of cancer. K E Y W O R D Sart-making, cancer, cancer-related fatigue, craft

The effects of art therapy on anxiety, depression, and quality of life in adults with cancer: a systematic literature review

“…These results partially support the findings of previous noncontrolled studies on the effectiveness of art therapy on psychological outcomes in cancer care [30][31][32][33]. This is somewhat encouraging, because novel, evidence-based interventions to improve psychological outcomes for cancer patients are urgently needed, especially in view of the increased life expectancy of this patient population [34], which prolongs the period of being ill.…”

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Effects of art therapy in cancer care: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

“…For the purpose of this assessment, we define art therapy in the narrow sense, excluding therapies that do not centre on the creation of a piece of visual art. One can attempt to understand the mechanism of art therapy through various theories, such as the attention restoration theory (Ennis, Kirshbaum, & Waheed, 2018) and the body–mind model (Czamanski‐Cohen & Weihs, 2016). Based on the body–mind model, the art therapy's mechanism is focused on the idea that processes of mind and experience of pleasure are embedded in one's sensory and motor experiences through art‐making (Czamanski‐Cohen & Weihs, 2016).…”

Self Care Management Activities to Improve Psychological Serenity of Cancer Patients

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